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Your last scape was great and I'm a big fan of crypt tanks. How's this tank doing?

06-26-2014 12:31 AM

Capsaicin_MFK

I installed a Cerge's Reactor and this time I am trying Miracle Grow Organic Potting Soil with playsand. The main theme of the tank this time will be Cryptocoryne species.

Pictures for those interested.

Mind the dust...

05-08-2014 03:55 PM

Capsaicin_MFK

Thank you all who posted kind words about my aquarium. I haven't posted on this forum in about a year and in that time a lot happened. The TL;DR version is that the 100g was completely empty for about 11 months, but I just set everything back up this week.

I took out the Fluorite substrate, which I know for a fact can grow plants. I am trying dirt with sand cap this time and hopefully I can grow a nice scape using mainly Crypts.

Lovely, MFK! I really enjoy your system, though that type of set up ended up killing the hobby for me. You would get it almost "perfect," you could enjoy it for a few days, and then you had to hack it. The worst was trying to time all of the growth rates perfectly, as often, I would be able to get anywhere between 75-90% plants pruned so they would all look great, and then have two or three groups of other plants that would be either "too tall" or "too short." I was only able to get the tank looking "prime" a handful of times.

That's a beautiful aquarium.

SERIOUSLY!!!!!!!!!!! Finally someone said it. Maybe I made the mistake of starting out with the hardest scape style.

Your tank looks amazing, you have the depth and space. once the front fills in it will be complete.

I can't agree with this more, I'm jealous. Also gotta say, I love how nice and controlled your red tiger lotus is. Mine just eventually became a massive mess and I hated it. I've since switched to N. micaranthra as I find its growth a little less chaotic.

H. araguyia would look nice with the pinnatifida though, or at least balance it out on the right side (imho). It grows pretty well too.

01-17-2014 05:18 AM

plantbrain

The Hygro pinn looks good.

01-17-2014 02:46 AM

Hyzer

Really liking the size and thick growth. Any updates?

03-05-2013 02:15 AM

crazydaz

Lovely, MFK! I really enjoy your system, though that type of set up ended up killing the hobby for me. You would get it almost "perfect," you could enjoy it for a few days, and then you had to hack it. The worst was trying to time all of the growth rates perfectly, as often, I would be able to get anywhere between 75-90% plants pruned so they would all look great, and then have two or three groups of other plants that would be either "too tall" or "too short." I was only able to get the tank looking "prime" a handful of times.

That's a beautiful aquarium.

03-05-2013 12:12 AM

Saxtonhill

Lovely!

03-04-2013 01:03 AM

Frank Abagnale

Looking great

03-04-2013 12:39 AM

Yankee

Job well done! I really like the recent overgrown picture. Can't wait to see the carpet all grown in!

03-04-2013 12:32 AM

Capsaicin_MFK

Moved some stuff around

Filling in nicely...

and it's overgrown.

01-26-2013 07:07 AM

Capsaicin_MFK

Most recent picture before the major trim.

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